Strange...

A Ranma ½ fanfic

I do not own Ranma ½ or any series that I may use characters from in the future; if I did then I wouldn't be writing this.

Chapter 2, "justice" and "blue thunder are both paint colors available at my local hardware store.

The story so far

On the first day of my assignment Kuno gave to thee, yoai that landed him in a tree

Still on the first day world gave to thee, two powered puppets and some exposition above the trees.

Still on the first day Ryoga gave to thee, thrice getting lost, twice blaming Ranma and a definite lack of trees.

Merry Christmas!

Day two, Kuno residence back yard XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Kuno grinned as he looked down upon the now disembowel alligator, mister green turtle. He wished he could have given the creature a more noble death, but dying at the hands of Tatewaki Kuno for a noble cause was better than living for the malnourishment and torturous chemical alterations that Kodachi had subjected it to. Yes dying for the noble cause of training Kuno was a great deed, soon his prince would be free from his the horrid b-witch who enslaved him, yes his beautiful black haired pri- RED haired PRINCESS! What was wrong with him? Lately he couldn't get images of his darling Ranma out of his head, especially in male form, he could barely think clearly. But all of that would be fixed when he won the duel against his beloved, then they would be free to do whatever they wanted, gender would not be a problem for them, he and his blue eyed temptress would be free to do whatever they wanted together.

Kuno's eyes seemed to glaze over as the power World had invested in him began to take hold once more, and Akane hating yoai Kuno took command.

Same day, somewhere in Egypt XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Ryoga growled, the one time he needed water and he couldn't find any, oh the irony of being a Jusenkyo curse victim. Or... maybe not, was that what he... yes! And oasis! Water finally!

Of course Ryoga made the mistake of getting his hopes up, as he lost his footing and began to plummet into the lake in the middle of the small pond. Maybe he would be near a Jewish village this time?

Ryoga however did not change into the adorable P-Chan, so he need not worry about whether or not this area was kosher. This time however, rather he changed into something much worse. And this curse did not cancel out the pain of having the most basic structure of your being torn to pieces and reassembled. He screamed, but never finished the scream, as halfway through it began to change, and as it changes it became more like a roaring lion, until nothing but lion remained. A gold and black figure rose from the oasis, with only one thought on its mind.

"ALL. RANMA. FAULT. RANMA. SAOTOME. PREPARE. TO. DIE"

Day 3, Furinkan high official duelling grounds [formerly the soccer field.]XXXXXXXXXXX

Ranma gulped; for once in his life he was completely dreading a fight that would not involve cats. He never liked fighting Kuno because he was always either gushing about how he was a vile, evil sorcerer or about how he wished to marry his pigtailed red headed goddess. Both were unpleasant options, but if he had to choose he would always go with the evil sorcerer speech, at least it implied that he was power full. But now he was either his blue eyed prince, his red haired Valkyrie or his pigtailed Kami. He couldn't escape the boy's affection. "Are you prepared to have your freedom restored my beautiful prince?" asked the taller boy, the excess of arcane power had begun to corrode his body, changing his voice into a gravely mess. Ranma quickly attempted to discard his unease; he would need as much confidence as he could get here. "Man Kuno something is really wrong with his voice, it sounds like you had a bottle of soy sauce and ate a plate of gravel for breakfast this morning. You should know better than anyone that it's not healthy to hit the dirt more than once a day." That should piss him off enough to mess with his style he smirked. It did not. "Ah, such impeccable humour, truly your mind is as beautiful as thou body." Said the kendoists, raising his eyes to meet Ranma's, restoring the martial artist's unease once again. His rivals formerly brown eyes were now practically yellow, the whites almost pure red from how bloodshot they were, what the hell had he been doing, staring directly into the sun to meditate? He glanced away from the zombielike Kuno to see if he could find anything that would calm him down, and saw Akane watching them, a sight that he found fairly amusing at the moment. Akane was currently sitting alone on the hill, emitting a battle aura so powerful that even the members of the student body who couldn't see it were giving her wide girth. Kenos view XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Ah my beloved Ranma soon we shall... why are you looking over their my love? WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT HER! You are minE! "We HAVE waited long enough, let THE match BEGIN!" he shouted his face contorted with rage at the thought of his beloved looking upon the hateful witch Akane Tendo. Back with Ranma

Ranma shifted his attention back to Kuno just in time to avoid a brutal thrust from his opponent. He was shocked that Kuno could move this fast, but he forced it down, he would win, and he would not marry this clown! "Amaguri-Ken!" he began his assault against the kendoists, but he couldn't land a single hit.

"I'm afraid that won't work this time my beloved Ranma" he smirked, bringing his sword up to Ranmas chest faster than the pigtailed boy could blink, "Arcane sword, first technique defensive technique: pro duobus gladium." Kuno's sword separated into two different blades, each blocking each of Ranmas attacks. "Now then my dear, it is about time I ended this pointless conflict and started planning our wedding. Arcane sword, first offensive technique: duo gladii delectio." Both the real sword and the second phantom blade moved to slash Ranma across the chest. Crap, he really has gotten better, " dual Moko Takabisha!" one of the blasts slammed into Kuno's chest, the second created a blast at his feet, making the swordsman lose his footing. His smirk returned, he prepared his stance for the second part of his attack. "Amaguri-Ken" this time the rapid barrage of punches connected perfectly knocking his opponent to the ground. "you've gotten stronger Kuno, but you're still just as slow on your feet as ever!" he shouted to his fallen opponent. "I fight on!" swordsman got to his feet even faster than usual, "impetu pellit mille!" this time Kuno's sword split into too many for Ranma to count, all of them mimicking his movements "Ko-kuu Zan!" Ranma narrowly avoided the assault as thousands of the air pressure projectiles ripped across the duelling field. Akane for once At this point the onlookers were so surprised that the only sound that could be heard was the weeping of the soccer team. Akane on the other hand, was more curious than she was surprised. Getting kidnapped repeatedly given her plenty opportunities to see the skills and powers of a lot of Ranmas rivals, as a result she was fairly good at gauging both, and while Kuno was now on a power level rivalling herbs, he seemed to have actually gotten worse in terms of skill. The second sword and burst of speed made up for the changes in his defence, but his form was sloppy and even if he it Ranma with a physical attack it would barely scratch him. Of course this didn't really help Ranma as Kuno was now focusing entirely on ki attacks. A small smile formed on Akanes lips. No matter what the situation Ranma had always overcome the odds, she was sure he had a plan right now. Ranma I have no idea of what to do. Ranma was managing to avoid a counter attack, but Kuno's stamina had increased so much that Ranma wasn't sure he could outlast him. On top of that whatever weird technique Kuno had learned altered the boy's aura so that it didn't radiate naturally, it focused into those ki blades and immediately dispersed after wards, so the Hiryu Shoten Ha was out. He didn't want to use this, but... "Tora-dan no jōshō (rising tiger bullet)!" Mixing hot ki, cold ki, as well as confident ki between his hands. The resulting ki attack was surrounded by a small horizontal twister. He could see Kuno grin as the attack approached him "Concidens animam slash!" the swords man brought his blade down on the orb of ki, the ball immediately dispersed. Ranma's smirk widened, he was glad he had thought of this move for fighting Ryoga, but he was sure that Kuno would appreciate it. As the ki blast dispersed it flung rubble that the wind had drawn into the sphere against Kuno's body at high velocity. The one of the rocks hit Kuno hard in the side of the head. The final screw in Kuno's head went loose. "Why, why when you could have the very pinnacle of manhood and power, do you chose to fight for the hand of that insufferable, violent, BITCH!" the maddened kendoists screamed, raising his sword over his head The small part of Kuno's brain that still could sense danger shutdown in an attempt to avoid damage. "HOW DARE YOU SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT" Fiancée "THE WOMAN I LOVE!" World wanted to be in this chapter to. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "YES!" World shouted, a genuine smile coming over his face. "damn, that was the hardest Freudian slip I've ever had to perform, but it worked, step 1 is almost complete, this assignment will be easy from here on out! Somewhere in Russia Cromer was a fairly substantial man, extremely muscular and over seven feet tall. He was trained in combat sabo and traditional judo, as well as being a professional marksman His new pants were currently soaked with urine at the sight he had just witnessed. "A lion. A gigantic lion that walks like a man just walked through my house without noticing it." He said, calmly, as if it were a completely common occurrence. He then passed out among what remained of this living room, His last thoughts were, before passing into unconsciousness, were "what does a lion need with a map?"